by admin | Mar 7, 2018 | Chapter Announcements, Contract Negotiations
We hear you! UUP Communications and UUP Research are reaching out to chapters to schedule two 70- to 90-minute “listening sessions.” These sessions provide a unique opportunity for members—the less active the better!—to share their thoughts and feelings by answering a...
by admin | Mar 5, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Striking West Virginia teachers and school service personnel are gathered at the state Capitol in large numbers again today, pressing the state Senate to pass a bill that funds salary increases and addresses needed changes to the state public employee healthcare...
by admin | Mar 5, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
The Chapter General Membership Meeting will be held: Location: SAC Ballroom A Time: noon – 1:00pm Date: Wednesday March 7, 2018 Join us in honoring Mr. Arthur Shertzer, former Chapter President and long-time union activist, as this year’s Charles C. Hansen Award...
by admin | Mar 4, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Meanwhile, graduate workers at the University of Illinois today are entering the fifth day of a strike that’s part of a long contract dispute. It’s the longest strike in university history—and it’s been 200 days since the union’s contract...
by admin | Mar 3, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
The Thursday, March 1st Contract Negotiations [Rally for Respect] Rally and March of the combined Stony Brook HSC and Center Chapters added to the voices of UUP members at chapters across New York State from Stony Brook to Downstate Medical to Cortland and out to our...
by admin | Mar 1, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
We’re here for SUNY Listen to, or read, Fred Kowal’s strong commentary on WAMC on the budget crisis facing SUNY, and UUP’s plan to address it....
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
20 MONTHS WITHOUT A CONTRACT! Join your UUP colleagues in a show of solidarity. Thursday, March 1 Tell SUNY: We Deserve a Fair Contract NOW! What: Contract Rally & March When: 10:00 AM – 3:00PM 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM OPEN MIC@ Academic Mall Fountain...
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Advocacy
I don’t write emails to our full membership and activist community often, but the Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case warrants it. The case is challenging the 45-year-old precedent that 23 states have used to determine wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of...
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Benefits
UUP College Scholarship Fund provides funding aid to both undergraduate and post baccalaureate students attending SUNY campuses. Click here for more scholarship information and an applicationas a fillable PDF. 2018 Undergraduate application 2018 Post baccalaureate...
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Members across both sides of Nicolls Road are gearing up for the Thursday, March 1st, Contract Negotiations Rally [Rally for Respect] and March, and they are showing their outward support for the contract negotiations process by stopping by the chapter office and...